"Skunks"

driving into the wind
on texas highway 281
the smell of a skunk
smashed on the road
ahead of you somewhere
finds your nose
sure enough as you drive on
there is the dead skunk
my husband use to say
sleeping on the road
skunks must all decide
to cross the road
this time of year
we wonder why
as we drive into the hill country
we see and smell so many